SAN JOSE MINE, Chile — One is a great-grandfather four times over, another a 19-year-old dad. A third – the oldest – is 63, and has spent a half-century working the mines. A fourth had a wife and a mistress, too. The men who survived 69 days trapped underground after a mine collapse were making […]
One of the trapped Chilean miners is going to have some explaining to do after his wife ran into his mistress at the mine’s entrance.
Three strong earthquakes rocked Chile on Thursday, causing significant damage in at least one city, the country’s newly inaugurated president said Thursday. A 6.9-magnitude earthquake hit at 11:39 a.m. local time (9:39 a.m. ET), followed by a 6.7-magnitude quake 16 minutes later, the U.S. Geological Survey reported. A third, measured at magnitude 6.0, came 27 […]
Nearly three days after being shaken awake by a monster earthquake in Chile early Saturday morning, motorcycle-riding adventurer Dan T. Moore put the South American country in his rearview mirror.Full Story Cleveland.com
CONCEPCION, Chile – Chile’s government scrambled on Monday to provide aid to thousands of homeless in coastal towns devastated by a massive earthquake and tsunamis as 10,000 troops moved into stricken areas to quell looting.
A massive magnitude 8.8 earthquake struck Chile early Saturday, producing powerful aftershocks and triggering a tsunami. The epicenter of the earthquake was located off the coast in Maule, near the city of Concepcion, 212 miles (341 kilometers) from the capital of Santiago. The quake struck at 3:34 a.m. (1:34 a.m. ET). At least 47 people […]
